9. MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION FORECASTING


The Multivariate Regression Forecasting software allows you
to develop regression models that relate different resource
consumption data elements or business-related data elements
from one or more capacity planning database files.   This
forecasting capability addresses the following requirements:

o The investigation of possible relationships among different
  resource variables

o The investigation of possible relationships among different
  business element variables

o The investigation of possible relationships between a
  resource variable and a group of business-related variables

o The forecasting of future requirements of a resource
  variable based on estimates of the future requirements of
  one or more different resource variables or
  business-related variables

Note: SAS/STAT is a prerequisite for using Multivariate
Regression Forecasting.

The following sections describe this forecasting procedure's
operation and reports.

This section contains the following topics:

9.1 Functional Description

9.2 Usage Guidelines

9.3 Standard Output

9.4 Analytic Technique Tutorial

9.5 Component Operation

9.6 Case Studies